Thursday, October 4, 2007

Somebody sued Satan?

Let's take a break from criticizing about celebrities' crazy lifestyle and take a look at what's going on in the real world.

"The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to review a sex assault case involving allegations against a local pastor, and the devil."- www.clickondetroit.com

That's right! This is one of the great aspect about living in America, and that is: you can sue just about anyone, or in this case, anything.
The story starts with a woman who prosecuted of a 55- year old pastor of Evangel Christian Church in Roseville, Michigan. Gennaro Piscopo was convicted of fourth- degree sexual assault (physical or mental assault of someone 15 age or under who was too weak to defend themselves) when he preformed an exorcism on her. Although this may be the case, Piscopo's attorney, George Michaels claimed that of the 100 and more people who witnessed, they all said it appropriate for the pastor to touch the girl while preforming the exorcism.

Just who is exactly telling the truth?

The woman also claimed that she "had been raped by a demon, and sexually assaulted by Satan" who was living at her attic during the period of her exorcism. It also turned out that the girl was also sexually abused by her father before this case, and he also is a minister. This piece of evidence would be important to the girl's validity to Piscopo's case, but it was overlooked.
The pastor is now on probation. The Michigan Supreme Court has yet to decide if he would get a new trial.
Just exactly what happened? Was the woman hallucinating? Did the Pastor secretly touched her during the exorcism and the witnesses just overlooked at it? Was the woman mentally traumatized and mistaken part of the ritual as 'rape' after the incident she experienced with her father? Or did the Devil really "sexually assaulted" her?
I'll leave an open ending to this topic. Regardless of what kind of religious belief you have, keep in mind that anything is possible.

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